Taliban Key Figures

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Who is the President of Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban?

Hamid Karzai

Who was assassinated in February 2007?

Abdul Hakim Jan

Who supported the return of King Zahir Shah from exile?

Azizullah Wasefi

Who was a mujahedeen commander in Kandahar during the 1980s and served as deputy leader of the Taliban movement until his death in April 2001?

Mullah Mohammad Rabbani

Who was hanged by the Taliban on the first day they took control of the city?

Baru

Who was a Afghan government member and former communist governor of Kandahar?

Nur ul-Haq Ulumi

Who was a well-known mujahedeen commander during the 1980s and was later appointed as Minister of Defence?

Mullah Obaidullah Akhund

Who is the father of Gul Agha Sherzai, the current governor of Nangarhar?

Hajji Latif

Who is a prominent commander in southern Afghanistan during the 1980s jihad?

Hafizullah Akhundzada

Who was a close friend of Mullah Mohammad Omar and a mujahed from Kandahar?

Mullah Nek Mohammad Akhund

Who was killed in 1962 by government forces in the Zheray desert?

Mullah Nezam

Who was convicted of drug trafficking charges in the USA in 2008?

Hajji Bashar

Who resisted the Taliban when they tried to take Helmand in 1994?

Abdul Ghaffar Akhundzada

Who was a mujahed who switched to the government side with Esmat Muslim in the 1980s?

Shah Baran

Who was a well-known criminal and murderer in Kandahar during the early 1990s?

Saleh

Who was a prominent mujahedeen commander in southern Afghanistan and continued to play a role in local politics until his death in October 2007?

Mullah Naqib

Which Taliban leader was known for his bravery and brutality and was killed in 2007?

Mullah Dadullah Akhund

Who was the religious cleric in Sangisar who supported the communists in the late 1970s?

Mawlawi Niaz Mohammad

Who was the Taliban judge who presided over courts during the 1980s in Kandahar?

Mawlawi Pasanai Saheb

Who was the Taliban commander who fought on the front lines during the 1980s jihad and was killed in the late 1980s?

Mullah Marjan

Who was the Taliban leader who emerged in 1994 and is believed to be alive and hiding in Pakistan?

Mullah Mohammad Omar Akhund

Who was the Mullah who was captured in 2001 and taken to Guantánamo prison?

Mullah Mohammad Sadiq Akhund

Who was the Mullah who presided over one of the first large meetings of the Taliban in 1994 to discuss forming a group to secure southern Afghanistan?

Mullah Abdul Rauf Akhund

Who was the Mullah who was killed in 1996 following the Taliban's capture of Kabul?

Mullah Burjan

Identify influential Taliban leaders and clerics, including their roles and regions of operation.

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